I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

Eleanor Antin

Apr 15 – May 26, 2016

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Eleanor Antin

Eleanor Antin R. N., 1976

Description

Some of Antin’s best-known works were done with hand painted paper dolls and puppets in the classic little girl manner of creating worlds she can inhabit at will. The ambiguities of the passive unchanging paper faces with the insistent human, melodramatic, Bronx-accented voice are not unlike a threatening storm that only occasionally explodes but nobody gets wet. Featured in this show is Antin’s newest paper doll installation The Theatre of the Absurd (2016) with the paper doll cast acting out the current political circus, along with several of her most well-known classic video installations, The Adventures of a Nurse (1976) and The Nurse and the Hijackers (1977). Never before exhibited photographs and drawings extend the paper doll analogy.

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Antin Conversations 01

Eleanor Antin

Conversations (Rosie and the Professor), 1978

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Antin Conversations 01

Eleanor Antin

Conversations (Rosie and the Professor), 1978

Antin Conversations 02

Eleanor Antin

Conversations (Eloise and Harry), 1978

Antin Conversations 03

Eleanor Antin

Conversations (Eloise and Harry Close Up), 1978

Antin Conversations 04

Eleanor Antin

Conversations (Dick), 1978

Antin Theater Of The Absurd 2016

Eleanor Antin

Theatre of the Absurd

2016

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 15

Eleanor Antin

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

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Antin My Four Uncles 1976

Eleanor Antin

My Four Uncles, 1976

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 02

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

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Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 02

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

installation view

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 03

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

installation view

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 06

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

installation view

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 13

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

installation view

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 14

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

installation view

Antin Installation Piece

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

installation view

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 02

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 03

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 06

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 13

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 14

Antin Installation Piece

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 02

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

installation view

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 03

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

installation view

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 06

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

installation view

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 13

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

installation view

Antin I Wish I Had A Paper Doll I Could Call My Own 2016 14

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

installation view

Antin Installation Piece

I wish I had a paper doll I could call my own...

installation view

Ronald Feldman Gallery has been at the frontier of contemporary art since 1971. The gallery is located in the SoHo neighborhood of New York City and exhibits performance, photography, new media, film, painting, drawing and sculpture.